Stephen C Maxwell

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Steve Maxwell is a native Texan, born in Amarillo and raised in Midland. He attended Trinity University where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1972. He then received his law degree from the University of Texas of Austin in 1975. He moved to Fort Worth upon his graduation from law school.
He served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Fort Worth from 1976 to 1977. After leaving the City Attorney's office, he has been in private practice ever since. He currently is a partner with the Bailey & Galyen Law Firm, where he specializes in civil litigation with an emphasis on personal injury litigation. He has been board-certified in personal injury trial law since 1984.
Steve has served as President of the Fort Worth Jaycees (1979-1980), President of the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association (1989-1990), and President of the Tarrant County Bar Association (1999-2000). He has also served as an elected director of the State Bar of Texas (2001-2004). He has been recognized as an "Attorney of Excellence" by the Fort Worth Business Press from 2003 to 2005, and has also been recognized as a "Fort Worth Texas Top Attorney" by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine from 2016 to 2017. Texas Monthly Magazine has recognized Steve as a "Texas Super Lawyer" every year since 2004. He has been listed in the Fort Worth Business Press "Who's Who" for 2001, and in the "Who's Who in Texas" for 1990. He was recognized as an "Outstanding Young Man of America" in 1980. In 2012, he was honored by the Tarrant County Bar Association with the "Professionalism Award."
Steve served as the Chairman of the Tarrant County Democratic Party for five years, a post to which he was elected in 2008. He was re-elected twice to that position. He attended the Democratic National Convention in 2008, and serves as a delegate to the Texas Democratic Convention.
Steve's trial practice has included over one hundred jury trials, including Consumer and Deceptive Trade Practice Act cases, medical malpractice cases, and commercial litigation. He has also served as a mediator for more than twenty years. Steve has successfully mediated more than five hundred cases. He has previously served as a Board Member, and as Vice President, of Dispute Resolution of Tarrant County.
He and his wife, Ivy, have three children, two grandchildren and a menagerie of pets.
Areas Of Practice
- Personal Injury
Certified Legal Specialties
- Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, State Bar of Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1984
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1976
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2000
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1997
- U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 2015
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1991
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- J.D. - 1975
- Honors: Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity
- Honors: International Law Journal Staff
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
- B.A. - 1972
- Honors: Blue Key National Honor Fraternity
- Honors: Officer, Student Association
Honors and Awards
- Recognized as "Attorney of Excellence" by Fort Worth Business Press
- Recognized as "Texas Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly Magazine
- Recognized as a "Fort Worth Texas Top Attorney," by Fort Worth Texas Magazine
- Who's Who, Fort Worth Business Press
- Who's Who in Texas
- Outstanding Young Man of America
- A/V RATED by Martindale-Hubbell
- Tarrant County Bar Association Professionalism Award
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Charter Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Texas Trial Lawyers, 1980 to Present
- Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association, 1982 to Present
- State Bar of Texas, Elected Director, 2001 to 2004
- Tarrant County Bar Association , President, 1999 to 2000
- Tarrant County Bar Association, President Elect , 1998 to 1999
- Tarrant County Bar Association , Vice President , 1997 to 1998
- Tarrant County Bar Association , Secretary/Treasurer, 1996 to 1997
- Tarrant County Bar Association , Director, 1994 to 1996
- Tarrant County Trial Lawyers , President, 1989 to 1990
- Tarrant County Trial Lawyers , Director, 1984 to 1989
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Director, 1989 to 2002
- Tarrant County Settlement Week, Chairman, 1989 to 2003
- Tarrant County Dispute Resolution Service , Vice President, 1999 to 2001
- Tarrant County Dispute Resolution Service , Director, 1995 to 1998
- Fort Worth Junior Chamber of Commerce , President, 1979 to 1980
- Fort Worth Junior Chamber of Commerce , Director, 1976 to 1979
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court
- District 7 Grievance Committee, 1996 to 1999
- Tarrant County Democratic Party, Chairman, 2008 to Present
Fraternities/Sororities
- Delta Theta Phi
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